Bleise enters his second year with the Roadrunner Wrestling program as an Assistant Coach.
Bleise previously held a Volunteer Assistant Wrestling Coach position at Old Dominion University until the program was cut before the start of the 2020-2021 season. Bleise helped the Monarchs to a 10-9 overall record, a 6-2 mark in Mid-American Conference duals and was named the National Collegiate Open coach of the year in 2019-20. He mentored Old Dominion's Michael McGee, who captured the program's first NCO Championship and was one of six Monarchs to earn NCO All-American honors.
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Bleise wrestled three seasons at Northern Illinois before spending his final two collegiate seasons with Minnesota. He reached the NCAA Championship meet four times during his undergraduate career. As a Gopher, Bleise served as a team captain and earned Academic All-Big Ten accolades.
